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Old 02-12-2009, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
...Titanium is a perfect material for this application.........strong and relatively ductile. The blade won't fracture if the engine hits a bird at 300 mph...
The tips are coated with titanium carbide. If the turbo fans were pure titanium, the engine would destroy itself in minutes!!
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